First Kill by Heather Brewer

Author:Heather Brewer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Strangers, Social Issues, Survival Stories, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, United States, Other, People & Places
ISBN: 9781101547816
Publisher: Speak
Published: 2011-09-19T18:30:00+00:00

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The trip back to the cabin was long, and silent on Joss’s part. He could sense that Kat knew something was off about him, and every time she’d look out the window, Sirus would cast him a glance that was full of questions. Is everything all right? Are you okay? Did something happen while we were apart that I should know about?

He didn’t have to ask the questions aloud. Joss could read each and every one on Sirus’s face, and in his eyes. And to each one, Joss gave him a look that he hoped would answer him in the most broad and general manner possible. Everything is fine. I’m fine. There’s nothing to talk about.

Each silent reply was a blatant lie, but a necessary one. He felt terrible for lying—albeit silently—to Sirus. Especially since Sirus had been nothing but a good friend to him since the moment he’d arrived. He told himself that he’d explain everything to Sirus later, after he’d passed on the vampire’s message to Abraham. But even that only managed to comfort him a little bit. So he looked out the window and watched the trees as they wound their way up the mountains to the grand house that they all referred to as a cabin. As his eyes fell on the house, he marveled at the lies they told each other every day. It was a cabin—not a grand spectacle of a house. They were just friends and family, gathered for a summer of hunting and cookouts. They were just regular people, like those in town. The only danger lurking in the woods was a mountain lion. Lies. All lies. And each one had been so easy to tell.

The thought made him feel somewhat queasy.

The truck came to a stop and Kat slid out the passenger-side door. She loaded three bags of groceries into her arms and headed for the house without another word, but Joss could tell she felt cut off from something, from him. He instantly hated that he had to make her feel that way, but there was little he could do about it. Not without exposing the entire Slayer Society, that is. And even though he hadn’t been a part of their group for long, Joss felt a growing sense of loyalty to them. He belonged to them, believed in their cause. They were good and just and right. And more than that, they were his path to laying Cecile’s tortured soul to rest, which was worth the cost of any friendship.

He got out of the cab of the truck, noting the distinct absence of his uncle’s car, and closed the passenger-side door. Sirus was waiting for him near the open tailgate. “What’s happened, Joss? You seem troubled. Shaken, even. So badly that even Kat has noticed. What is it?”

Joss reached for a bag, but Sirus placed a firm hand on his forearm. “Joss ... tell me. Please. I’m concerned.”

He shook his head. “Not yet, Sirus. I need to speak to my uncle first.

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